Obama names first woman solicitor general.
Obama names first woman solicitor general.
Today, the Obama transition team sent out a release announcing several key Justice Department positions, including Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan as Solicitor General. Kagan will be the first woman to serve permanently in this important post, which is tasked with conducting “all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court, and to supervise the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts. Kagan previously served in the White House during the Clinton administration, as Associate Counsel to the President, Deputy Assistant the the President for Domestic Policy, and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Kagan sent out an announcement to the Harvard Law School community:
Dear colleagues and friends:
I am writing to all of you – the community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Harvard Law School – to let you know that today President-elect Barack Obama will announce his intention to nominate me to serve as Solicitor General of the United States. If confirmed by the Senate, I will resign the deanship of the Law School and take a leave of absence from the faculty.
I have accepted this nomination because it offers me the opportunity, working under the leadership of the President-elect and his nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder, to help advance this nation’s commitment to the rule of law at what I think is a critical time in our history. I am honored and grateful, awestruck and excited, to be asked to contribute to this most important endeavor. And perhaps, for me, it adds a special touch of sweetness to the occasion that the person making the nomination, in whose capacity for greatness I deeply believe, is himself a member of the group to which I am writing.
At the same time, I feel today real sadness – a sense of loss of what, if confirmed, I will be leaving that is every bit as strong as my sense of anticipation of what will be to come. Now isn’t the time for me to attempt a grand wrapping-up or final farewell; I don’t in any way want to presume the outcome of the Senate’s consideration. For the present, I’ll say only this: it has been both the joy and the privilege of my life to serve as dean of this most wondrous law school. I love it, and I love the extraordinary community of people – you – who make it up. I look forward to staying in close touch.
My warmest wishes for a happy and healthy new year.
Best,
Elena
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Now THAT’S change we can BELIEVE in!
Especially after the particularly odious Ted Olson as Solicitor General…
January 5th, 2009 at 10:59 amNow THAT’S change I can BELIEVE in!
Especially after enduring the term of the most particularly odious Ted Olson…
January 5th, 2009 at 11:00 amDarnit…sorry for the double post, but it’s the WEBSITE’S fault…!
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January 5th, 2009 at 11:01 amUnlike John McCain, Obama is picking qualified women to fill these important roles.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:07 amI want the Supreme Court to hear all the legal assertions BushCo made while in office. Why? To get a clear ruling for the people.
1. Unitary Executive
2. Waterboarding
3. Domestic spying on Americans with no al-Qaeda on the line
4. Secret prisons in other countries
5. Illegal voter caging and electronic election manipulation
I also want numerous investigations into Republican eight years of “pay to play” investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Will Elena Kagan further these ends?
January 5th, 2009 at 11:17 amKagan will start with a tough first assignment: making (or not) the government’s case against Ali Al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident who’s been held in a Navy brig since December 2001. Her brief to the Supremes is due February 20. Should be interesting.
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January 5th, 2009 at 11:27 amPlease let her not be part of the Kagan clan that infested Washington for so long.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:05 pmstateofthedivision Says:
I also want numerous investigations into Republican eight years of “pay to play” investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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I said it over a year & a half ago, and I’ll say it again…
RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO!
I wanna see some perp walks coming up here, or I’m gonna be SOOOOOOO disappointed…
January 5th, 2009 at 12:23 pm>Domestic spying on Americans with
> no al-Qaeda on the line
Yeah.. I am VERY curious to see what the Obama administration does with the FISA telecom immunity argument…
January 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm>Domestic spying on Americans with
> no al-Qaeda on the line
Yeah.. I am VERY curious to see what the Obama administration does with the FISA telecom immunity argument…
January 5th, 2009 at 1:42 pmThis is great, a distinguished academic career and her legal positions with the Clinton administration. As Solicitor General, she will be the people’s litigator. Does anyone know how many Supreme Court cases she has won? I haven’t been able to find much information about her courtroom or litigation experience.
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